Yamadori Virginia Pine

MacInOakRidge

On Tuesday, 11Mar I dug this Virginia White Pine at an abandoned granite quarry near where I live. Actually I dug two of them and this is the better of the two. Both trees were growing in a slot in the granite that was about 2 ft. long 10" wide and 10" deep. Fortunately I got most of the roots with both trees.

Just couldn't help myself and stuck it in a new pot that I recently commissioned. Then, today, decided to go ahead and wire the little bugger.

The pot is 12" across the rim. The tree, if you straightened it out, would be about 4 ft. long. As it sits it is about 24" high and the same wide.

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october

ohhhh very nice. I want to collect some yamadori this year as well. Those are nice finds......

Its great that you got most of the roots....it eliminates that 2 year waiting period before you can do any work to the tree.

Most of time Yamadori is like getting a present that you've always wanted.. You open the box and your like, WOW, I love it.. Then you have to give it up for 2 years before you can enjoy it,...... cruel irony.

irene_b

Nice find Mac!
Got pics of the other that you collected as well?
Irene

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PatArizona

Great future for that one Mac...

Isn't it great tp capture an entire rootball?

However...it still needs time to aclimate.

Patience, my friend.

Pat

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bwaynef

Are you familiar with growing Virg. pine in bonsai? What kind of soil do you use? How well do they handle root reduction? Collection? How often do you fertilize? How heavily? Are they treated like JBP? Are they more or less vigorous than JBP?

I'd prefer experience to speculation, but at the moment, I'm flying by the seat of my pants so I'll take what I can get.

I have one I've been tasked with caring for thats been in a pot for a number of years, but never happily. A recent repot suggests the cause (...lets just say its in good soil now).

I also just collected a dandy (2+" trunk and scads of movement) and would really like to learn everything I can while it acclimates to pot culture in my backyard. ...I prefer to learn from other people's mistakes if at all possible.

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waltr

Here is a link to some info on eastern pines and bonsai. Go to articles and East coast pines.
http://www.4maat.org/

walt

BonsaiSteve1

Mac,

What style are you going for?

I'm a relative beginner... do you always have to have a particular style for every tree or can it just be the way it wants to be, so to speak.

SlapSlapSlappy

It looks like he's going for windswept. I really like the tree Mac, and knowing its from the wild makesit even better.